Table 4 Overview of examples that illustrate the amplification processes. For each example, we describe what the impact is and how it is amplified
From: Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes
| Amplification processes | Example | What is the impact and what is amplified? |
|---|---|---|
| Stabilizing | Alam Sehar Lestari, non-governmental organization in Indonesia | - Impact: Restoring forest areas and reducing illegal logging in Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. - Amplification: Stabilizing impact through getting support from communities and other organizations. |
| Speeding up | Unleashing Local Capital, local financing program from Alberta Community and Co-Operative Association in Canada | - Impact: Providing capital to finance local business development and foster community ownership. - Amplification: Speeding up impact through restructuring processes to provide capital faster after submitting proposals. |
| Growing | Public Lighting Authority, state-created authority in the city of Detroit, U.S.A | - Impact: Providing LED street lights to the whole City of Detroit. - Amplification: Growing of impact by installing LED street lights in the whole City of Detroit from 2014 until 2017. - Similar context: Socio-technical context (LED street lights) and geographical context (City of Detroit) did not change. |
| Slow Food Italy, food movement in Italy | - Impact: Promoting local food cultures and traditions through locally acting groups. - Amplification: Growing of movement through establishing more than 290 locally acting groups. - Similar context: Socio-cultural context (Italy) did not change. | |
| Replicating | The Nature Conservancy, global non-governmental organization | - Impact: Protecting ecologically-valuable land. - Amplification: Replicating local chapters to different countries and states with place-based missions. - Dissimilar context: Socio-ecological context (ecosystems) changed. |
| Alnatura, organic grocery store in Germany | - Impact: Providing organic local food products. - Amplification: Replicating stores to different cities in Germany. - Dissimilar context: Socio-economic context (locally produced food) changed. | |
| Transferring | Water-independent house concept, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. | - Impact: Reducing water demand from houses in cities. - Amplification: Transferring the concept from Tucson, Arizona to Phoenix. - Similar context: Socio-technical context (water-independent house concept) did not change. |
| Ciclovía, car-free city initiative in Bogotá, Colombia | - Impact: Providing car-free streets in cities for the public, especially cyclists. - Amplification: Transferring of the initiative to more than 100 cities. - Similar context: Socio-cultural context (car-free streets in cities) did not change. | |
| Spreading | Transition Town Network, global network of transition initiatives | - Impact: Supporting communities to reimagine and rebuild their cities, villages or districts. - Amplification: Spreading of key principles to different communities all over the world. - Dissimilar context: Context to which the key principles are applied changed. |
| Scaling up | Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network, family-led charitable organization in Canada | - Impact: Supporting parents of children with disabilities to provide a good life and future for their children. - Amplification: Changing financial regulations concerning savings and benefits for people with disabilities. |
| Ciclovía, car-free city initiative in Bogotá, Colombia | - Impact: Providing car-free streets in cities for the public, especially cyclists. - Amplification: Becoming an official program of the city government. | |
| Scaling deep | Time banks, United Kingdom | - Impact: Providing services in communities. - Amplification: Changing values through increasing social inclusion in communities by promoting reciprocal altruism. - |
| City-community initiative in Burgas, Bulgaria | - Impact: Renaturation of city districts. - Amplification: Regarding nature as a solution instead of a risk in the context of urban flood protection. |